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Egyptian Father Names His Daughter "Facebook"

Posted by samzenpus on from the what's-in-a-name? dept.

An anonymous reader writes "An Egyptian man has decided to show his appreciation towards Facebook for its role during the revolution in his country by naming his firstborn daughter Facebook. From the article: 'Egyptian dictator Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak was in power from 1981 until February 11, 2011, when he resigned after 18 days of protests. Facebook has been credited for helping organize regime-ending protests in the country. Although the Egyptian revolution saw some planning done via Twitter, direct text messages, and other forms of electronic communication, Facebook has come to symbolize all the forms of social media that people used to organize the revolutions in the Middle East.'"

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  1. but...... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Egyptian, Facebook means Precious Little Poop Machine.

    1. Re:but...... by Dunbal · · Score: 5, Funny

      Funny, that's what it means in English, too.

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  2. Nice by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    Goatse and Tubgirl changed my life, but I won't be naming offspring after them.

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  3. Huh? by slart42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Facebook has been credited for helping organize regime-ending protests in the country.

    How could she have helped organize protests when she has just been born?

  4. Re:I smell... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Being sued by Facebook is referred to as "Getting Zuckerpunched"...

  5. Ehm by SmallFurryCreature · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Egypt is a popular holiday destination for Israeli's. Remember that haters will always exist but most normal people are normal people. If Germans can visit Israel, Japanese can visit Korea/China, Americans can visit pretty much anywhere, Canadians can visit the US, Belgians can visit Holland etc etc then Jews can visit Egypt.

    The real feelings in the middle east are far more complex then fits in a Fox news flash. In fact it is YOU that cares what religion a founder of a website is or even what the religion might be of a guy who worked on a cpu. YOU noticed this, not some random Egyptian whose own believes ain't even known.

    Those protests you might have seen burning American/Israeli flags? Well, we know now what they really were. Staged protests not supported by the masses. We SAW what happened when the masses think something and gosh, no signs of hatred for the Zionists or the great Satan but for their own corrupt MUSLIM leaders.

    Al Queda failed. They tried to install hatred and accomplished nothing. Peaceful protests without hate for other races/religions changed the region in a matter of weeks.

    Do you judge the US by the KKK?

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